Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.5 vs Qwen3.6 Flash
MiniMax-M2.5 and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.3 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 39.0 to 26.9.
- Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.5.
- Qwen3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 33 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | 326.4 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1387 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1381 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | 143.26 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1379 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1338 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1393 | — |
| LMArena French | 1362 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1171 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1358 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1366 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
MiniMax-M2.5 and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.3 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5 or Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.5 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.